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From Declining Worship Attendance to Transformative Community

Posted on February 19, 2015March 9, 2021 by ptsblog

New research on the Fresh Expressions movement in the Church of England was released this month, suggesting that new forms of church will not solve the problem of declining church attendance. In a small-scale study, the Rev. Dr. John Walker compared five fresh expressions – creative, highly-contextual ministries like pub churches or child-friendly “messy” churches…

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